Role Categories Are Deduction Tools
Left to their own devices, players create terminology for patterns they encounter in games. My favorite example is the term "cantrip" in Dominion: it refers to actions that give both an
Social Deduction
A game design genre that requires players to reason about information while taking into account the trustworthiness of its source.
Social Deduction Games Need Good Players to Lie
The classic social deduction setup pits an informed “evil” minority against an uninformed “good” majority, challenging the good players to find the truth. Because they are at an information disadvantage, telling the truth